The Newfoundland & Labrador Songwriter Challenge

MusicNL held their Canadian Songwriters Challenge August 12-14, 2016 at the Spa at the Monastery and JAG Hotel in St. John’s. They created a songwriting retreat with both national and international experts as well as local professionals, songwriters, producers, and artists to offer a space and a climate to collaborate and write new material. The songwriting participants were paired off into groups of four or five in each session; they collaborated for the songwriting and then recorded demos in the same day. On the last day, the event moved to a local venue to showcase all songs written to all participants and mentors as well as the public.